(19)
(11) EP 0 190 751 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.06.1987 Bulletin 1987/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.08.1986 Bulletin 1986/33

(21) Application number: 86101520

(22) Date of filing: 06.02.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 08.02.1985 US 699739

(71) Applicant: Paton, H. Neil
 ()

(72) Inventor:
  • Paton, H. Neil
     ()

   


(54) Swivelable single axle railcar truck and railcar


(57) The truck includes two parallel damper ramp supports connected together by a transverse tie assembly. A single wheeled axle is pivotally supported from the damper ramp supports in spaced apart parallel alignment with the transverse tie assembly by two independently sprung and damped radius arms. A swivel assembly is mounted by the transverse tie assembly in overlying relation with the axle. Two yaw control assemblies respectively act between the damper ramp supports and an overhead railcar body. Each of the yaw control assemblies includes a yaw damper that provides either a damping force or both a damping force and a self-centering force in response to rotative movement of the truck. A railcar equipped with two such trucks also is disclosed.





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